OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 7 taxa in the family Cannabaceae, Hops family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Smooth Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis laevigata   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Celtis laevigata   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis laevigata 056-03-001   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, especially on natural levees, upland calcareous forests and woodlands, shell middens

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Small's Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis smallii   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Celtis laevigata   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis laevigata 056-03-001?   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Glades, woodlands, forests

Common in Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Northern Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis occidentalis   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis occidentalis   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis occidentalis var. occidentalis 056-03-002a   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric to mesic glades, outcrops, barrens, woodlands, and bottomland forests, usually over calcareous substrates

Mostly rare in GA-NC-SC (uncommon in GA Mountains & SC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Georgia Hackberry, Dwarf Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis pumila   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis pumila   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis occidentalis var. georgiana 056-03-002b   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric to mesic glades, outcrops, barrens, woodlands, exposed bluffs, stream banks, and disturbed areas, often over calcareous substrate

Common to uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Chinese Hackberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis sinensis   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis sinensis   FAMILY: Ulmaceae

 

Habitat: Suburban woodlands

Waif(s)

Non-native: China, Japan & Korea

 


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camera icon Common Name: Japanese Hops

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Humulus japonicus   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Humulus japonicus   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Humulus japonicus 058-01-002   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, particularly in rich, alluvial soils, where it has become a serious weed along major NC and VA rivers

Common in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Japan, Taiwan, & China

 


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Common Name: Marijuana, Hemp

Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Cannabis sativa   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. sativa   FAMILY: Cannabaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas and clandestinely cultivated plots

Non-native: Asia

 


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